CBS is introducing a new addition to the NCIS franchise and confirmed Cupertino, starring Mike Colter and created by Evil‘s Robert and Michelle King, has landed a timeslot on the 2026-2027 primetime schedule. The network is also adding Einstein and Eternally Yours to its lineup next broadcast season.
CBS is bringing back 19 series for the 2026-2027 season, including Marshals, Tracker, Sheriff Country, and Boston Blue. Ghosts and Matlock won’t return with new seasons until midseason. Einstein and NCIS: Sydney are also being held until midseason.
CBS’s Fall 2026-2027 Schedule:
• Mondays: Compelling drama block FBI and CIA moves up an hour to 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM, respectively, followed by HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST at 10:00 PM.
• Tuesdays: The world’s #1 global franchise powers an all NCIS night from 8:00-11:00 PM, anchored by flagship NCIS (8:00 PM) and joined by the newest addition, NCIS: NEW YORK (9:00 PM), followed by NCIS: ORIGINS moving to 10:00 PM.
• Wednesdays: Two reality television titans return with 90-minute episodes of SURVIVOR at 8:00 PM followed by THE AMAZING RACE at 9:30 PM.
• Thursdays: Two new shows join the night. GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE at 8:00 PM followed by new comedy ETERNALLY YOURS at 8:30 PM, then ELSBETH at 9:00 PM in a new time period and new series CUPERTINO at 10:00 PM.
• Fridays: The winning action-packed lineup remains unchanged with three Jerry Bruckheimer Television-produced dramas: SHERIFF COUNTRY at 8:00 PM, FIRE COUNTRY at 9:00 PM and BOSTON BLUE at 10:00 PM.
• Sundays: CBS continues its winning Sunday lineup with 60 MINUTES at 7:00 PM, MARSHALS at 8:00 PM, TRACKER at 9:00 PM and drama encores at 10:00 PM during the fall.
NEW 2026-2027 FALL SERIES:
• NCIS: NEW YORK – Legendary NCIS Agent Sam Hanna (LL COOL J) returns to his hometown of New York City to their field office, partnering with a roguish agent (Scott Caan) and helping lead a new team as they are tasked with high-stakes missions to defend one of the most vital cities and ports in the world.
• CUPERTINO – A David vs. Goliath legal drama set in the heart of Silicon Valley that follows a lawyer (Mike Colter) who is being cheated out of his stock options by his former employer, a tech startup. Refusing to back down, he joins forces with another recently fired attorney (Rachel Keller) to represent those taken advantage of by the tech elite and help them fight back in a high-stakes battle against the Goliaths controlling Silicon Valley.
• ETERNALLY YOURS – A family comedy centered around Charles (Ed Weeks) and Liz (Allegra Edwards)—a vampire couple whose once-passionate romance has devolved into a pulseless marriage after 500 years together. Living in present-day Seattle with their oddball coven, they’ve settled into an eternal rut—until their daughter’s earnest human boyfriend unexpectedly enters their lives and forces them to confront whether their love can survive forever … or if forever is a life sentence.
2026-2027 MIDSEASON SERIES:
• EINSTEIN – EINSTEIN stars Matthew Gray Gubler as Lewis Einstein, the brilliant but directionless great grandson of Albert Einstein. He spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his reckless antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective (Melissa Fumero) solve her most puzzling cases.
• MATLOCK
• GHOSTS
o One-hour Halloween and Ghostmas special episodes to air this fall.
• NCIS: SYDNEY